Practical Production Control

Kenneth N. McKay is a professor in the Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo. He holds an MSc and PhD in management science from Waterloo and has conducted interdisciplinary research on the scheduling problem in real factories since the mid 1980s. Professor McKay has also been involved in the development of commercial software tools for planning and scheduling since 1986.Vincent C. S. Wiers holds a MSc. and a PhD. in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from the Eindhoven University of Technology. After years of working as a supply chain management consultant specializing in implementing Advanced Planning and Scheduling systems, he started his own consultanting company in 2003.

• Chapter 1 - Introduction and Reality Check Chapter 2 - Production Control Concepts and Associated Systems Chapter 3 - Objectives and Roles Chapter 4 - The Functions of Production Control Chapter 5 - The Tasks of Production Control Chapter 6 - The Hiring and Training of Schedulers and Planners Chapter 7 - Information Used in Production Control Chapter 8 - MRP and Capacity Analysis Chapter 9 - Advanced Planning and Scheduling Systems Chapter 10 - Acquiring a Planning and Scheduling Tool Chapter 11 - Determining Tool Success Chapter 12 - Scheduling Tool Failures Chapter 13 - Excel and Visual Basic Tools Chapter 14 - Consultants Chapter 15 - Uncertainty in Production Control Chapter 16 - Managing Bottlenecks Chapter 17 - Naughty Things Others Do Chapter 18 - Self-Inflicted Wounds Chapter 19 - Productions Control at Different Points in a Firm's Cycle Chapter 20 - Finale References and Suggested Reading Index